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Peptide‐Engineered Fluorescent Nanomaterials: Structure Design, Function Tailoring, and Biomedical Applications

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Bovine Serum Albumin-Encapsulated Ultrasmall Gold Nanoclusters for Photodynamic Therapy of Tumors

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A simple endogenous zinc-activated and accumulated nanocluster platform for memory immunotherapy of spinal cord injury

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Photocatalytic Nitroaromatic Prodrug Activation by Functionalized Gold Nanoclusters

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Constructing self-assembled nanohybrids for the ratiometric fluorescent sensing of acetylcholinesterase activity

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Shining light on transition metal sulfides: New choices as highly efficient antibacterial agents

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State of the Art and Perspectives on the Biofunctionalization of Fluorescent Metal Nanoclusters and Carbon Quantum Dots for Targeted Imaging and Drug Delivery

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Surface Ligand-Controlled Wavelength-Tunable Luminescence of Gold Nanoclusters: Cellular Imaging and Smart Fluorescent Probes for Amyloid Detection

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A simple and feasible fluorescent approach for rapid detection of hexavalent chromium based on gold nanoclusters

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Self-Assembled Au/CuS Nanoparticles for Targeted Imaging and Multimodal Therapy of Breast Cancer

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Gold Nanoclusters Display Low Immunogenic Effect in Microglia Cells

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